Kim Johnson Discusses Invisible Son with Dhonielle Clayton

MahoganyBooks is delighted to host author Kim Johnson as she discusses Invisible Son, a thriller about a wrongly accused teen desperate to reclaim both his innocence and his first love. Our discussion will be moderated by New York Times bestselling author Dhonielle Clayton. We encourage you to bring your teens (& teens, bring your friends!) for an exciting book discussion and book signing.

• 6:30 pm Doors Open | 7:00 pm Conversation Begins.
• Masks optional throughout event.

About the Book: From the award-winning and critically acclaimed author of This Is My America comes another thriller about a wrongly accused teen desperate to reclaim both his innocence and his first love.

Life can change in an instant.

When you're wrongfully accused of a crime.

When a virus shuts everything down.

When the girl you love moves on.

Andre Jackson is determined to reclaim his identity. But returning from juvie doesn't feel like coming home. His Portland, Oregon, neighborhood is rapidly gentrifying, and COVID-19 shuts down school before he can return. And Andre's suspicions about his arrest for a crime he didn't commit even taint his friendships. It's as if his whole life has been erased.

The one thing Andre is counting on is his relationship with the Whitaker kids--especially his longtime crush, Sierra. But Sierra's brother Eric is missing, and the facts don't add up as their adoptive parents fight to keep up the act that their racially diverse family is picture-perfect. If Andre can find Eric, he just might uncover the truth about his own arrest. But in a world where power is held by a few and Andre is nearly invisible, searching for the truth is a dangerous game.

Critically acclaimed author Kim Johnson delivers another social justice thriller that shines a light on being young and Black in America--perfect for fans of The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas and Dear Justyce by Nic Stone.

About the Author: Kim Johnson held leadership positions in social justice organizations as a teen and in college, and is now an author and vice provost. This Is My America is her bestselling novel that explores racial injustice against innocent Black men who are criminally sentenced and the families left behind to pick up the pieces. She is an award-winning novelist, with 2021 accolades that include the Pacific Northwest Book Award and Malka Penn Human Rights Award for Children's Literature. Her second novel, Invisible Son, is another thriller ripped from the headlines about a wrongly accused teen desperate to reclaim both his innocence and his first love in a bold story set in 2020. She holds degrees from the University of Oregon and the University of Maryland, College Park.

About the Moderator: Dhonielle Clayton is a New York Times Bestselling author of The Belles series, Shattered Midnight, The Marvellers, co-author of Blackout, and the co-author of the Tiny Pretty Things duology, a Netflix original series. She hails from the Washington, D.C. suburbs on the Maryland side. She taught secondary school for several years, and is a former elementary and middle school librarian. She is COO of the non-profit We Need Diverse Books, and President of Cake Creative, an IP story kitchen dedicated to diverse books for all ages.

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-- Let's have an amazing evening, The MahoganyBooks Team

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